And he forced the blade into the crevice of the wood and broke away a huge splinter, leaving a gap and glimpse of the dark window-pane inside.

Elayne's first thought on reaching the deck was that the raker appeared very narrow for its length; she did not know a great deal about ships, in truth, but to her it seemed a huge splinter.

The shock wave threw her backward, but she rolled and was up at once, facing the direction of the explosion, seeing at a glance that Siang was dead, huge splinters jutting from his back.

Chilaili wrenched at the huge splinter with her claws, frantic.

That day I itched so much I couldn't sit still, and before I knew it a huge splinter from the bench stuck right into my thumbnail.

Lindros had leveled Taylor with a vicious hit before Taylor later left with a huge splinter embedded in his left palm.

The edge of the crater was marked with huge splinters of stone torn up from the bedrock under the sands; they stood like broken teeth around the scene, pointing at the sky or fallen slanted over.

Rees watched two trees smashing together; huge splinters rained down over the deck.

The bullet struck the comer of the Sheriff's rolltop and tore off a huge splinter.

Because I saw it coming, I barely dodged a huge splinter of wood, hurtling through the space where my head had been.